ombrellino

[ om-bruh-lee-noh ]

noun,plural om·brel·li·nos.Western Church.

the white silk canopy held over the Eucharist while transferring it from one place to another, especially from the main altar to a side altar.

Origin of ombrellino

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1840–50; <Italian: literally, parasol, sunshade

Words Nearby ombrellino

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How to use ombrellino in a sentence

Le pommeau, says the chronicler, est orn de ce que les Romains nomment ombrellino (petit dais en parasol).
History of the Fan | George Woolliscroft Rhead
The Blessed Sacrament was now to be carried round the lines of the sick, beneath an ombrellino.
Lourdes | Robert Hugh Benson

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